Wednesday, October 22, 2008

NOTHING SPECTACULAR!!!

I wanted to come up with something great, grand and spectacular. And I wanted to do it every time I sat to write my blogs. Why?

Because why would you read something that isn't amazing, fantastic and super interesting, insightful, powerful. Right.

I have in many ways become the embodiment of the antithesis of "now" culture. Things that don't one-up the last event, show or blog post. It's hard to get better for the sake of getting better and ultimately I know this will be the downfall of the train we've been on (as American culture).

These thoughts and feelings have brewed for almost a month as I waited patiently for solid gold ideas and inspirations to come to me, but alas nothing. And rather than sit in the restlessness I decided to make this post.

So, nothing spectacular...


Drown or Chew.

Bush said: "We must not let this happen"

(taken from my former Blog: September 24, 2008, after Bush's Address on the Financial Bailout Plan)

I'm not worried.

BUT, then again, I'm depressed.

I'm a little confused when I hear the economy is so stressed and the financial "geniuses" all over America are panic stricken. Why wasn't a better plan already in place for this obvious economic collapse.Oh, for those who don't know, that was President Bush's quote from tonight's primetime Economic Bailout plan address. It was as if he knew the whole thing was bullshit, but if he got on TV he could plead his case to the public. Try this number on for size, 872.6 Billion. That is the June, 2008 totals for the cost of the Iraq war (and some Afghanistan advances). I ditched my economics classes in college, BUT I still know, if you take over 850 billion dollars out of any market, free or manipulated, its going to suffer and suffer in a tremendous way. Bush didn't mention once the war spending and said not to blame the bullshit greedmongering mortage groups FreddieMac and FannieMae. Well who should we blame??

Back to my main point though. There wasn't a better plan in place because four years ago, in 2004, the American people re-elected G.W. Bush. So I think to myself, with the upcoming election approaching faster each day, why should we even let Americans vote anymore?We seem to be too ignorant, too egocentric and too blind to really put an earnest effort into electing the most effective leader. We keep getting it wrong. I wouldn't trust an American voter with my dirty laundry, it would probably come back with all the pockets ripped out.

Take this quote to heart... "We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics" (Franklin D. Roosevelt).Apparently, we should blame our History classes in our school system.


Drown or Chew.